How to Make a Paper Heart

Intro: How to Make a Paper Heart

This instructable will show you how to make a paper shaped heart, using an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.

STEP 1: Your Sheet of Paper

Start with an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. Any color will do.

STEP 2: Fold Top Right Hand Corner

Fold top right hand corner, so that its edge aligns with the paper.

STEP 3: Fold Top Left Hand Corner

Repeat previous step with left corner.

STEP 4: Looks Like This

Your paper should look like this.

STEP 5: Fold the Paper Back

Fold the paper back, at center crease.

STEP 6: Creases Should Look Like This

Paper should have the following creases.

STEP 7: Fold at the Center Crease

Fold at the center crease, pressing inward.

STEP 8: Fold the Right Hand Corner Upward

Fold the right hand corner upward, aligning it with the top point (creating a diamond shape).

STEP 9: Fold the Left Hand Corner Upward

Repeat previous step with the left hand corner, completing the diamond.

STEP 10: Fold the Right Hand Side of the Paper

Fold the right hand side of the paper, aligning the edge with the bottom point of the diamond.

STEP 11: Fold the Left

Fold the left hand side.

STEP 12: Flip

Flip the paper over.

STEP 13: Flip Back

Flip back approx. an inch and a half (1.5") of paper.

STEP 14: Flip Down

Flip down the triangular section at the top, making sure it folds all the way, at the original crease.

STEP 15: Fold the Bottom Right Hand Corner

Fold the bottom right hand corner, creating a triangle that aligns at the bottom center of the paper.

STEP 16: Insert Triangle

Make sure you insert the triangle from the previous step in between the slot created by the larger triangle.

STEP 17: Repeat

Repeat the previous two steps with the left bottom corner.

STEP 18: Fold the Top Right Point

Fold the top right point toward the center right, to form the top shape of the heart.

STEP 19: Insert the Remaining Paper

Insert the remaining paper inside the slot created by the larger triangle, to hold the top in place.

STEP 20: Fold the Left

Fold the left hand side.

STEP 21: Insert

Insert the remaining portion of the previous triangle into the slot created by the larger triangle.

STEP 22: Done!

Flip the paper over, and will you look at that???

You have created a paper heart!

Comments

[smaac001]

Used this all the time in high school to write notes to friends and special someone

[s1719000]

it is very hard to do with card stock paper

[sicook]

i bet

[sicook]

i did it in class for an apologizing note

[h.pgamer68]

how do you do number 7

[xmythstarx]

I know it’s been two years lol but I figured it out in case you’re curious- you take the two side folds (the ones where the creases for them are your horizontal line in the middle) and lift/push them into their fold Line- here:

[reneeburkhammer7]

Nice

[emma-faircloth2004]

i used this in a passive aggressive note as a snap back at a girl who left a note about her parking on my friends car.

[Sturma]

I used this to confess my love to my best friend great paper heart thing but she still rejected me

[priya27002]

Wow, thank you for the tutorial. I am very much inspired by you. and made my own paper heart origami in a different way. Pease check it out hope you will love it ❤️

https://craftyshades.com/paper-crafts/how-to-make-paper-heart-origami-step-by-step/

[vernip]

How do I do this I can’t do it

[Intelligent_Human]

Once the crease is like what it says you grab the top, pull it down and the paper does the rest.

[h.pgamer68]

same

[Ableschable299]

WOW! Thanks marisela218, My mom is going to love this, but it is all thanks to you, your going to make my mom's day!

[Ableschable299]

Maybe you should use the heart for a Mother's Day gift, Because that's what I'm doing!

[2023jlopez46]

how do you do that

[Sketchybooky12345]

You just follow the steps

[agaliendo4602]

How you post your, heart, on here I'm struggling?

[Sketchybooky12345]

You just click add images and click camera them boom

[Rimau]

I made three and gave them to my boyfriend